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01 Interview With Jerry Garcia by James Cameron 09:26

Jerry Garcia & Friends
02 Intro By Bill Graham 00:40
03 Blues For Allah (sans vocals) 09:08
04 Milking The Turkey > 06:51
05 Drums > 03:25
06 Milking The Turkey 09:31
07 Blues For Allah Intro Theme Jam 03:15
08 Crowd & DJ Talk 00:57
09 Johnyy B Goode 04:10

Practise
1975-03-21
10 Milking The Turkey/Blues For Allah/Slipnot Theme/Jam 16:28
11 King Solomon's Marbles Jam (2) 01:02
12 Milking The Turkey Theme Jam 05:17
13 Blues For Allah Intro Jam 02:21

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Reviewer: peasant - - October 17, 2012
Subject: Short but sweet
This just had to blow people away. The last Grateful Dead concert was just 5 months previously at Winterland before the "hiatus." And THIS is what the folks were treated to. Granted the help of Merle Saunders brings a different quality to the sound, but the jamming is intense, tight, and focused -- not loose, meandering, and sometimes aimless as sometimes was starting to occur throughout 74.

This is a rare gem; not too much else like it in Dead history.

Reviewer: njpg - - March 23, 2012
Subject: There is great stuff on here,
no doubt. OK recording. Lots of stuff is repeated, there are a few cuts. Something about a lot of the jamming is not as colorful as their more improvised work elsewhere.

Reviewer: EleventhMan - - March 22, 2011
Subject: A look to the future...
A great show to let the fans know what is coming, the Blues for Allah LP. Sound quality here is as good as your gonna get! Some really great music here!!!

Reviewer: steamdude - - November 19, 2010
Subject: Keith's work
I will not take issue with the fact that the work with Merl was stellar stuff. Hooterall and Keystone are both masterpieces.

I will not quibble with the fact that Donna's contribution was below the standards of the band, and that they would have been served better by her absence.

However, I will challenge any assertion that Keith's keyboard work wasn't some of the best ever done with the Dead.

You won't hear Keith just playing the same six or seven notes over and over again, like you might hear Pig do on some of the Dark Stars I've heard.

Some may say that Jerry was sweet on Donna, and that's why they kept the two of them around, but I think it was Keith's contribution on piano that the band valued.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

Reviewer: snojon - - May 4, 2010
Subject: merl rocks
with the debate over which dead keyboardist was the best, merl is often left out of the discussion. granted his tenure was short, I don't even know if he was ever an official member of the band, but here you can hear his strong influence. He seems to elevate Jerry's playing by challenging him during these jazzy jams. I never really cared for "blues for allah" that much, but I had never heard it like it's played here, WOW!!!!!! in retrospect, it's too bad the band didn't have the foresight to kick the Godchaux's out of the band sooner, and done everything possible to recruit Merl as a permanant member. one can only wonder the direction the band would've taken.

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Musicians:
Jerry Garcia - Guitar
Phil Lesh - Bass
Keith Godchaux - Organ
Bill Kreutzman - Drums
Micky Hart - Drums
Bob Weir - Guitar
Merle Saunders - Organ
Ned Lagin - Organ
David Crosby - Guitar

The Interview section, with Jerry, was done before the show on 3/23 and, while he mentions Crosby as being with the band, he never showed!

The "aircheck" segment is a recording of 3/21/75 which was a "practice
session" for the SNACK show and DOES feature Crosby, although his input
is fairly negligable.